Funding search · EIN 833598690 · East Lansing, MI

Desk Drawer Fund

Name: Desk Drawer Fund grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

90
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $24,982
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

housing stable youth arts empowering culture empowerment education

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Child and Family Charities4 grants · $400,000
Lighthouse Mi2 grants · $200,000
Traverse City Philharmonic2 grants · $200,000
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region3 grants · $150,000
Impression 54 grants · $125,000
Detroit Institute of Arts3 grants · $125,000
Michigan Women Forward4 grants · $116,478
Capital Area United Way3 grants · $104,085
Lansing Promise Foundation2 grants · $71,350
Tri County Office On Aging1 grant · $60,829

Giving over time

$330,748

2021

$482,441

2022

$603,545

2023

$785,573

2024

$648,192

2025

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Child and Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$100,000
Lighthouse Mi · Pontiac, MI · 2025
Stable housing
$100,000
Traverse City Philharmonic · Traverse City, MI · 2025
The arts
$100,000
Child and Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2024
Youth empowerment
$100,000
Lighthouse Mi · Pontiac, MI · 2024
Stable housing
$100,000
Traverse City Philharmonic · Traverse City, MI · 2024
The arts
$100,000
Child and Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2023
Empowering youth
$100,000
Child and Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$75,000
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region · Lansing, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$63,478
Michigan Women Forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Entrepreneurship
$60,829
Tri County Office On Aging · Lansing, MI · 2024
Stable housing
$60,199
Women'S Center of Greater Lansing · Lansing, MI · 2025
Entrepeneurship
$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Capital Region · Lansing, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Mi Cap Region · Lansing, MI · 2024
Youth empowerment
$50,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024
The arts
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region · Lansing, MI · 2024
Stable housing
$50,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
Arts & culture
$50,000
Impression 5 · Lansing, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$48,563
Capital Area United Way · Lansing, MI · 2022
Stable housing
$47,965
Women'S Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$46,828
Allen Neighborhood Center · Lansing, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$46,350
Lansing Promise Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2024
Financial education
$45,859
Children'S Healing Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Youth empowerment
$43,390
End Violent Encounters · Lansing, MI · 2022
Stable housing
$40,133
Affirmations · Fernadale, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$39,839
Barn Sanctuary · Chelsea, MI · 2022
Stable housing
$39,253
The Davies Project · Lansing, MI · 2023
Empowering youth
$39,108
New Day Foundation · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
Financial education
$38,534
Firecracker Foundation · Holt, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$36,789
New Hope Pet Rescue · Charlotte, MI · 2021
Stable housing
$36,057
Reach Studio Art Center · Lansing, MI · 2021
Arts and culture
$32,709
Love in Deed · Haslettt, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$31,497
Salus Center · Lansing, MI · 2021
Arts and culture
$30,557
Capital Area United Way · Lansing, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$30,073
Youth Haven · Rives Jct, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$30,000
Michigan Women Forward · Lansing, MI · 2023
Fostering entrepreneurship
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region · Lansing, MI · 2025
Stable housing
$25,000
Impression 5 · Lansing, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$25,000
First Step · Plymouth, MI · 2024
Stable housing
$25,000
Impression 5 · Lansing, MI · 2024
Youth empowerment
$25,000
Detroit Public Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2023
Arts & culture
$25,000
Impression 5 · Lansing, MI · 2023
Empowering youth
$25,000
Lansing Save · Lansing, MI · 2023
Financial education
$25,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2021
Arts and culture
$25,000
Lansing Promise Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2021
Empowering youth
$24,965
Capital Area United Way · Lansing, MI · 2021
Financial education
$24,057
United Way of South Central Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2024
Stable housing
$21,500
Sweet Encounter · Lansing, MI · 2021
Fostering entrepreneurship
$20,066
Family Promise of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Stable housing
$20,066
Michael'S Place · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$20,066
New Mom'S · Chicago, IL · 2025
Stable housing
$20,066
Salute · Palatine, IL · 2025
Stable housing
$20,066
United Way of South Central Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2025
Financial education and youth empowerment
$20,000
Home Repair Services of Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Financial education
$17,530
Woldumar Nature Center · Lansing, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$15,000
Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center · Lansing, MI · 2024
The arts
$15,000
Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center · Lansing, MI · 2023
Arts & culture
$15,000
All of the Above Hip Hop Academy · Lansing, MI · 2022
Financial education
$15,000
Michigan Women Forward · Lansing, MI · 2022
Fostering entrepreneurship
$15,000
Junior Achievement of the Mi Great Lakes · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Financial education
$12,500
All of the Above Hip Hop Academy · Lansing, MI · 2021
Arts and culture
$12,500
Capital Area Housing Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2021
Stable housing
$11,500
Boy Scouts of America - Chief Okemos · Eagle, MI · 2021
Financial education
$10,834
Kids Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Empowering youth
$10,000
Grit Glam and Guts · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Youth empowerment
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Stable housing
$10,000
Holocaust Memorial Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2025
The arts
$10,000
City of East Lansing Jazz Festival · Lansing, MI · 2024
The arts
$10,000
City of East Lansing · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Arts & culture
$10,000
Family Promise of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$10,000
Communities in Schools · Lansing, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$10,000
Family Promise of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Stable housing
$10,000
Lansing Art Gallery · Lansing, MI · 2022
Arts and culture
$10,000
The Links Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$10,000
Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center · Lansing, MI · 2021
Arts and culture
$10,000
Mlk Commission · Lansing, MI · 2021
Arts and culture
$9,000
Accelerate4kids · Detroit, MI · 2023
Fostering entrepreneurship
$8,702
Helping Women Period · East Lansing, MI · 2021
Stable housing
$8,702
Hq Runaway & Homeless Youth Drop-in Ctr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Stable housing
$8,702
Oakland County Animal Shelter · Pontiac, MI · 2021
Stable housing
$8,334
Kids Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Empowering youth
$8,333
Kids Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Empowering youth
$8,000
Michigan Women Forward · Lansing, MI · 2021
Fostering entrepreneurship
$7,500
Capital Area Housing Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2023
Stable housing
$7,500
Capital Area Housing Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2022
Stable housing
$7,500
City of East Lansing- Jazz Festival · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Arts and culture
$7,000
Traverse City Track Club · Traverse City, MI · 2021
Empowering youth
$6,500
Mid-Michigan Moms · Flint, MI · 2021
Financial education
$6,000
Haven House · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Stable housing

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.